Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by Gordon H — 14 Jun 2017

Fantastic! The Force is STRONG With this One!

Originally Written December 16, 2016 --.

Former scientist Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen) lives on a farm with his wife and young daughter, Jyn. His peaceful existence comes crashing down when the evil Director Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn) takes him away from his beloved family to work on a weapon of immense power. Many years later, Galen is now the Empire's lead engineer for the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, the Death Star. Knowing that her father holds the key to its destruction, a vengeful Jyn (Felicity Jones) joins forces with Rebel spy Captain Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and other resistance fighters to steal the space station's plans for the Rebel Alliance.

Wow! What an incredible film! For the first time in Star Wars cinematic history, we get a story that leads directly into another Star Wars film; in this case, the original 1977 masterpiece. The words we read in that iconic crawl almost 40 years ago, "Rebel spies steal the Death Star plans," is exactly the story that "Rogue One" shows us. And it is incredible! We get a film that truly shows the horror of the galactic war that has been going on throughout the galaxy and how desperate the Rebel Alliance is to gain a victory. So many amazing surprises and "Star Wars" Easter eggs are sprinkled throughout "Rogue One," but the best part is that this is the prequel all "Star Wars" fans have been dying to see. Two thumbs way, way up!